The Dearly Departed by Elinor Lipman

The Dearly Departed by Elinor Lipman

A recording of a lost woman's voice sends Holland Taylor on a wild hunt. The woman's words send an icy chill through Saint Paul private investigator Holland Taylor: If you are listening to this now, she says, it is because I am dead. Speaking calmly, Alison Emerton explains that if she is missing, it is because Raymond Fleck killed her. Fleck, a convicted rapist, lost his job at a humane kennel after Alison accused him of sexual harassment and stalking. The threats began soon after, prompting Alison to buy a gun and record the tape. She vanished soon after, leaving behind her wallet, coat, and boots, on a night when twenty-three inches of snow fell on Minneapolis. Seven months later, her lawyer hires Taylor to find the missing woman. As Taylor digs into Alison's past, he learns that Raymond Fleck was not the only person who wanted her dead.

Elinor Lipman is the author of numerous novels, including On Turpentine Lane, The View from Penthouse B, The Inn at Lake Devine, The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, and Then She Found Me (a 2008 major motion picture written, directed and starring Helen Hunt); a collection of stories, Into Love and Out Again; an essay collection, I Can't Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays; and Tweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes from the Political Circus. She has been called the diva of dialogue (People) and the last urbane romantic (Chicago Tribune). Book Magazine said of The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, like Jane Austen, the past master of the genre, Lipman isn't only out for laughs. She serves up social satire, too, that's all the more trenchant for being deftly drawn.

Her essays have appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine, Gourmet, Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times' Writers on Writing series. She received the New England Booksellers' 2001 fiction award for a body of work and a 2007 lifetime achievement award from NELINET (New England Library and Information Network), created to recognize the contributions of an individual associated with New England who has significantly advanced the arts and letters.

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ISBN 13	9780375724589
ISBN 10	0375724583
Title	The Dearly Departed
Author	Elinor Lipman
Series	Vintage Contemporaries
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2002-08-13
Number of pages	288
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